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Third-Order Relativistic Many-Body Calculations of Energies and Lifetimes of Levels Along the Silver Isoelectronic Sequence

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U I. Safronova, I Savukov, M S. Safronova, W R. Johnson

Abstract

Energies of 5lj (l = s, p, d, f, g) and 4fj states in neutral Ag and Ag-like ions with nuclear charges Z = 48 - 100 are calculated using relativistic many-body perturbation theory. Reduced matrix elements, oscillator strengths, transition rates and lifetimes are calculated for the 17 possible 5lj C 5l j and 4fj C 5lj electric-dipole transitions. Third-order corrections to energies and dipole matrix elements are included for neutral Ag and for ions with Z 60. Second-order corrections are included for Z > 60. Comparisons are made with available experimental data for transition energies and lifetimes. Correlation energies and transition rates are shown graphically as functions of nuclear charge Z for selected cases. These calculations provide a theoretical benchmark for comparison with experiment and theory.
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Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)

Keywords

Ag-like ions, energy levels, excited states, lifetimes, perturbation theory, transition rates

Citation

Safronova, U. , Savukov, I. , Safronova, M. and Johnson, W. (2021), Third-Order Relativistic Many-Body Calculations of Energies and Lifetimes of Levels Along the Silver Isoelectronic Sequence, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics) (Accessed December 8, 2024)

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Created October 12, 2021